Hi John,

I know that morning feeling. Some dismiss it as the sleep effect/sleep benefit. But I'd like to understand it better also. It's hard to explain, but I do have some superman type mornings. If only I knew how to replicate them.

Therabo is a good concept...the author suggests that the marketing material for many prescription drugs is to encourage additional positive placebo response...additive to the effect of the drug. This is, in essence, your therabo concept.

I believe that, for me, exercise is the biggest therabo. It is additive on so many different levels, and I have embraced it with a religious type fervor.

The supplements as a whole, same category, but less fervor.

As I said to moondaughter, my initial reaction was to never discuss the concepts in this book.

But if the placebo effect has a real biochemical action, and it seems to, then I do think we can use it and manipulate it to our benefit. Minor therapies can become therabos.

- Brett